Vehicle-tire.



0. W. BRITT.

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLIGATION FILED M1121, 1913.

Patented July 14, 19M

currar), STATES PATENT Frou.

OLIVER W. BRITT, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

moana.

for vehicle Iis puncture-proof, capable of hard wear,

cheap of manufacture,` and'readily applied to and removed from the Wheel rims.

A further object is to provide a tire lin which a pneumatic tube is employed to ob tain the desired resiliency, and in which a puncture-proof casing is provided for said tube so mounted as to permit of the resilient operations of the tube, which casing is adapted to serve as a solid rim in event the ltube should become deflated, thus enabling the vehicle being run without immediateinflation of the tire, without danger of damaging the tire or Wheel rim. Further objects will appear hereinaften l `The invention primarily resides ina pair of annular members adapted to be removably attached to the ordinary wheel rims to form a combined seat and guide, an inflatable tube seated on said members, and an annular casing surrounding the periphery of the inflatable tube having slidable connection with the guide members and adapted to have a limited reciprocal movement in relation thereto.

The invention further consists of the parts and the construction and combination of partsl as lhereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a fragmentary view of Vthe lower portion of a vehicle wheel constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section of the tire and Wheel rim.

In the drawings A represents the wheel felly and B indicates the ordinary clincher rim attached to the felly A. The essence of this invention resides in a pair of annular metallic members 2v and 2, formed with beads 3 on their outer peripheral edges, adapted to be engaged by the w-heel rim B in the manner commonly employed in mounting pneumatic tires; the members 2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application led April 21, 1913. Serial No. 762,524.

`and 2 being formed with outwardly extending portions 4 on their outer edges adjacent the beads 3. The members 2 and 2 form a detachable seat for a pneumatic tube 5 of any suitable description, which is mounted between the outwardly extending portions 4 of the members 2 and securely retained against lateral movement thereby the flange portions 4 of the members 2 extending outwardly sufficiently far to approximately cover the inner half of the tube 5, when the latter is inflated.

An annular metallic casing 6, segmental orU-shaped in cross section, and having offset flanged portions 7 on its inner` periphery, is mounted on the outer periphery of the inlflatablevtube, 5, with the flange portions 7 4 in shdable engagement with the inner walls of the extended portions 4 on the members 2. This casing may be formed either in one or two pieces, and may have a tread 8 of. any suitable description mounted on its outer periphery. Interposed between the inflatable tube '5 and the inner Walls of th'e tread casing 6 and the seat members 2 is a fabricA lining 9, which surrounds the tube 5 and has a pair of annular thin metallic sealing plates lO on its diametrically o posite sides, so disposed as to overlap the ]oint between the tire seat and the tread casing. The plates 10 are attached at-their outer peripheral edges to the ylining 9, and have `sufficient flexibility to permit their inner ed es being pressed tight against the walls o? the ex-v tensions 4 when the tube 5 is inflated under pressure.

In applying the tireito the wheel rim B, the member 2 is first placed in position on the wheel` rim. The tube 5, with the fabric lining 9 t-he'rearound, is then placed Within the casing 6 and partially inflated. The casing 6 with the tube 5 therein isthen placed with the flange 7 on one of its edges, bearing against the inner face of the extension 4 on the member 2. 'The member 2 is then placed in position on the wheel rim'B lwith the inner face of itsextension 4 abutting against the outer face of the flange on the other edge of the casing 6; the member 2 being locked against displacement on t-he wheel rim B by means of a detachable rim C in the manner commonly employed in at- -taching pneumatic tires to demount-able f wheel rims. The tube 5 may then be inflated l tothe desired extent, in any suitable'man- 110 bearing against the inner walls of the extensions 4 on the seat members 2 and 2'; the

lining 9 surrounding the tube 5 contacting the inner surfaces ef the casing 6 and the members 2 and 2, and the plates 10 covering the ends of the flanges 7. The casing 6 is formed'with annular shoulders 11 at the bases of the flanges 7, which shoulders are spaced sutlicient-ly far from the outer ends of the extensions 4 to permit of a limited transverse or vertical movement of the in relation tothe members 2. Y v

The outer ends Yof the flanges 7 are beveled or tapered as indicated at 12, in such manner that when the casing 6 is,caused to move in and out in relation to the members 2 and 2 the edges of the ilanges 7 will ride easily bet-Ween the Walls of the extensions'll and the plates 10, so as to permit the latter being pressed tightly against the extensionsv 4 and thereby form a tight joint at this point. When the'tube 5 is inflated the pres-` sure thereof against themembers 2' and. 2 ofthe casin 6, is suiiicient to hold these members agamst rotation in relation t-o each other and the wheel rim-B. l

` In some instances it may'7 be desirable to fasten the members 2 and 2 to the rim B, independent of the detachable rim Cf This may be accomplished by means of bolts 13.

The tread 8 is preferably adapted to be removed forwhich reason it is secured to the casing 6 by bolts 14 which may also serve casing 6 to secure the two parts of the casing 6 together when the latter is so constructed.

Having thus described my'inventiomwhat I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: A

In a resilient tire for vehicle wheels,a

' pair of annular metallic members connected flanged portions extending across and covering said space and being vslidably en-V gaged with the respective inner faces of the free side portions of said members, the free ,edge portions of the flange portions on the inner faces of the latter being outwardly tapered, a lining in the seat'and casing' surrounding the tube, and a pair of thin flexible metal plates affixed to diamet-rically opposed points on the lining periphery and be-A ingarranged to extend over and beyond the extremities of said tapered 4edges of the flanged parts and to engage the respective inner faces of said members.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLIVER W. BRITT. Witnesses: l v

JOHNy H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY.- 

